Articles by Grist staff

U.N. food summit ends without agreement on solutions

A high-level three-day United Nations food summit ended Thursday without wide agreement on solutions to the world food crisis. At the meeting, delegates sparred over trade barriers, biofuels’ role in keeping food prices high, agricultural subsidies, how food aid should be spent, and how much aid to give. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the conference […]

Canadian government offers $300, other incentives to scrap older cars

If you live in Canada and high gasoline prices have you considering whether to ditch your car, consider this winning deal: Turn over your pre-1996 vehicle to be scrapped and you can choose from a variety of attractive offers courtesy of the Canadian government, including a new bike, bus passes, membership in a car-sharing program, […]

Snippets from the news

• Strong climate policy would protect 14 million American jobs. • Schwarzenegger declares statewide drought in California. • Asian autos outsell Detroit for the first time. • Law firm forms practice group focusing specifically on climate change. • Bill Gates dumps stake in ethanol company.

World Environment Day is June 5

Thursday is World Environment Day, and you will no doubt celebrate by donating to Grist. (Thank you!) Once you’ve got that out of the way, you can also help out our dear environment by packing a lighter suitcase when you travel, jogging in the park instead of on the treadmill, using a wind-up alarm clock, […]